Category: India

In the backdrop of demonetisation, Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave asks young forest officers to emphasise on cashless transaction and push towards making all activities digital to root out corruption. He said this at the Induction Training Programme for 2016-2018 batch…

To help exporting units tide over the impact of demonetisation, the Apparel Export Promotion Council has asked the government to increase withdrawal limits and relax rules for payment of statutory dues like PF, ESI and service tax for sometime. In order to…

Three persons have been arrested with 600 gram of heroin and Rs 12 lakh in new high-value currency in Punjab’s Amritsar district, police said on Sunday. The three were arrested outside a Suvidha centre in Pataka market on Chamrang road before they…

The government’s decision to appoint Lt General Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief has unleashed a fierce round of battle between the government and the opposition, over the nature of the decision to appoint a junior officer, superseding two higher positions.…

Work at government offices in Uttar Pradesh is likely to be hit from Monday with Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officials threatening to go on a strike over the alleged assault of an Additional City Magistrate (ACM) and three officers by a group…

A pall of gloom has descended on Phursungi, the native village of 32-year-old gunner Saurabh Farate, who was among the three soldiers killed in Saturday’s militant attack on an army convoy in Pampore. Saurabh, who was in the Indian Army for last…

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday flagged off a weekly train for Gorakhpur from the Bandra terminus here today and inaugurated Wi-Fi services at nine suburban stations. “In our country situation is such that people from villages have to leave their families…

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s corruption charges against Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not a “loose statement”, senior party leader Anand Sharma said on Sunday. “Definitely there are issues. It is not a loose statement. That much I can say,” he told…

The railways has sought from the public innovative ideas to increase passenger-carrying capacity of coaches, ensure easy accessibility to trains from low-level platforms and develop new digital capabilities at stations. It has announced cash rewards for best innovative ideas on various aspects,…

Expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa has moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe or a judicial investigation by an apex court judge into the death of J Jayalalithaa. In her petition, Pushpa has alleged that Jayalalithaa’s death was “suspicious” as her…